Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil

Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity

Priya Basil

128 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays food and drink memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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A meditation on the meaning and limits of hospitality today, from the shortlisted author of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.The dinner table, among friends, is where the best conversations take place⁠—talk about the world, religion, politics, cult...

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reflective 81%
informative 68%
hopeful 31%
inspiring 27%
lighthearted 13%
challenging 9%
funny 9%
emotional 4%
relaxing 4%

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fast 38%
slow 14%

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